QakBot | Threat Level: critical | Type: Banking Trojan

Cryptographic Identifiers

SHA256df859edacc15c5d2a5622aeecf0f83d8552bb295f37b7e4b8c8bb5130d85f678
MD57f5661fb1deba5c62c5455d63805e42b
File Typedll
Size332.0 KB
First Seen2023-05-03
File Nameasc0ZnSw8AoUd2.dat
Tagsdll, obama260, Qakbot, Quakbot

Malware Family: QakBot

QakBot, 15 yıllık bankacılık trojanıdır.

TypeBanking Trojan
Programming LanguageC++
Target PlatformWindows
C2 ProtocolHTTPS
PurposeBankacılık, email hijacking
First Seen Year2008
AliasesQBot

Threat Indicators (IOC)

  • SHA256: df859edacc15c5d2a5622aeecf0f83d8552bb295f37b7e4b8c8bb5130d85f678
  • MD5: 7f5661fb1deba5c62c5455d63805e42b

You can verify all hash values of this sample on VirusTotal.

System Cleanup Guide

  1. Disconnect the system from the network — unplug ethernet, disable Wi-Fi
  2. Terminate suspicious processes from Task Manager
  3. Run a full system scan with Malwarebytes or Kaspersky
  4. HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run kayıtlarını kontrol edin
  5. Review newly created tasks in Task Scheduler
  6. Change all your account passwords from a clean device
  7. Gerekirse Windows'u yeniden yükleyin ve verilerinizi temiz bir yedeğe geri alın

YARA Rule Hints

rule QakBot_SHA256 {
    meta:
        description = "QakBot sample: df859edacc15c5d2"
        threat_level = "critical"
        first_seen = "2023-05-03"
    condition:
        hash.sha256(0, filesize) == "df859edacc15c5d2a5622aeecf0f83d8552bb295f37b7e4b8c8bb5130d85f678"
}

QakBot — Malware Profile

QakBot Quakbot banker. Notesvb.msi delivery. Named pipe IPC. Modular architecture.

Malware Type
Other
Programming Language
C++
C2 Protocol
HTTPS
Target Systems
Windows
Also Known As (AKA)
QBot

Technical Details

QakBot (Qbot/QuakBot) is a banking trojan and loader active since 2007. Features: credential theft, email hijacking for thread hijacking attacks, lateral movement via SMB/psexec, web injection for banking fraud. Delivered via malspam using hijacked email threads (reply-chain attacks). Modules: email collector, credential grabber, network scanner, VNC plugin. Used to deliver Egregor, ProLock, REvil, Black Basta ransomware. FBI "Operation Duck Hunt" disrupted infrastructure August 2023, removing QakBot from 700,000+ infected machines. Attempted comeback Q4 2023 with new delivery methods.

Attribution / Threat Actor

Gold Lagoon, TA570 (Shatak)

Capabilities & Behavior

Zararlı Yazılım Aktivitesi
Kalıcılık Mekanizması
C2 İletişimi
Anti-Analiz

IOC List (2 indicators)

IOC — QakBot
# SHA256 df859edacc15c5d2a5622aeecf0f83d8552bb295f37b7e4b8c8bb5130d85f678 # MD5 7f5661fb1deba5c62c5455d63805e42b
TypeValueNote
sha256 df859edacc15c5d2a5622aeecf0f83d8552bb295f37b7e4b8c8bb5130d85f678 Sample:QakBot
md5 7f5661fb1deba5c62c5455d63805e42b Sample:QakBot

C2 Servers (8 recorded servers for this family)

Address Type Port Protocol Status Country
95.217.35.154 ip 443 HTTPS inactive FI
upd5.pro domain 443 HTTPS inactive —
upd5.pro domain 443 HTTPS inactive —
metasta.me domain 443 HTTPS inactive —
upd5.pro domain 443 HTTPS inactive —
amacey.com domain 443 HTTPS inactive —
181.174.165.208 ip 443 HTTPS sinkholed AR
212.117.180.232 ip 443 HTTPS sinkholed CH

C2 addresses are provided only from malware samples manually verified by the KEYDAL team. Commercial use is prohibited.

Tags
qakbotbanking trojanmalwarecriticalsha256hash-analizi